May–June 2009 Moldovan presidential election

An indirect presidential election was held in Moldova following the April 2009 parliamentary election.

Moldovan presidential election

20 May 2009 (first round) 3 June 2009 (second round)

Nominee Zinaida Greceanîi Stanislav Groppa Andrei Neguţă Party PCRM PCRM PCRM Electoral vote 60 0 0

President before election Vladimir Voronin Elected President None Vladimir Voronin (incumbent)

Overview

The incumbent president, Vladimir Voronin, is term-limited and was elected to become speaker of the Parliament of Moldova in early May 2009; the ruling Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (PCRM) nominated Zinaida Greceanîi.[1] As the PCRM held only 60 of 101 seats in parliament, but 61 seats were required to elect the president, at least one dissenting vote from the opposition was required; the opposition had announced, however, that it would boycott the election, thus forcing repeated parliamentary elections.[2]

In the first round on 20 May 2009, the opposition successfully boycotted the election procedure; a second round was set for 28 May 2009.[3] On that day, the election was postponed to 3 June 2009; the PCRM claimed that it was due to Ascension Thursday falling that day, while the opposition criticised the PCRM's attempts to delay the election.[4]

On 2 June 2009, the former parliamentary speaker Marian Lupu (who had been expected to become prime minister in a musical chairs-like shift of offices among Voronin, Greceanîi and Lupu) defected to the opposition, stating that he had realised that the PCRM was undemocratic and could not be reformed from within.[5] As had been expected, the second round of the presidential elections was also unsuccessful, leading to early parliamentary elections held on 29 July 2009.[6]

In both rounds, alternative candidates were also nominated by the PCRM – Stanislav Groppa, a doctor, in the first round; and Andrei Neguţă, the Moldovan ambassador to Russia, in the second round.

Results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Zinaida Greceanîi	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova	60	100.00	60	100.00
	Stanislav Groppa	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova	0	0.00
	Andrei Neguţă	Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova			0	0.00
Total			60	100.00	60	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			101	–	101	–
Source: eDemocracy

References

1. http://www.kyivpost.com/world/41316
2. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4200826,00.html
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8059039.stm
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8071251.stm
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2009-06-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5htZt2vo56eYZtzMxfOX2b6_xvTNAD98J5MQ80

External links

• Election of President of the Republic of Moldova 2009 / alegeri.md